camps.148 Expert witness Yáñez De La Cruz recorded 361 different places to which the survivors
had displaced, and that “the average number of places to which they displaced in their flight was
three, although there were those who had displaced up to four times.”149
124. The testimonies agree in indicating that the internally displaced people and the refugees
suffered different forms of discrimination because they came from an area associated with the
guerilla.150
125. Some of the internally displaced have returned to their places of origin on their own
account and others have established themselves in Ciudad Segundo Montes, generally at the
end of the armed conflict.151
126. The survivors who left for the Republic of Honduras remained in the refugee camps from
seven to nine years. It was owing to the measures taken by humanitarian organizations,
UNHCR, and other agencies that, between the end of 1989 and February 1990, those who were
in Colomoncagua were repatriated, settling in what is today known as Ciudad Segundo Montes,
in the department of Morazán.152
148
Cf. Sworn statement made by Rufina Amaya Vda. de Márquez before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del
Arzobispado on October 10, 1990 (evidence file, tome II, annex 20 to the submission of the case, folio 1578); Affidavit
provided by Juan Bautista Márquez Argueta on April 1, 2012 (evidence file, tome XVII, affidavits, folio 10277); Witness
statement made by Hilario Sánchez Gómez before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on November
28, 1990 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1697); Victim statement made by Hilario
Sánchez Gómez before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on February 14, 1991 (evidence file,
tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folios 1724 to 1725); Witness statement made by Bernardino Guevara
Chicas before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on January 23, 1991 (evidence file, tome III,
annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1708); Victim statement made by Bernardino Guevara Chicas before the
Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on February 25, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the
submission of the case, folio 1734); Witness statement made by Lucila Romero Martínez before the Second First
Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on January 24, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the
case, folio 1712); Witness statement made by Domingo Vigil Amaya before the Second First Instance Court of San
Francisco Gotera on January 30, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1716);
Victim statement made by Vigil Amaya before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on March 5, 1991
(evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1742); Sworn statement made by María Erlinda
Amaya Márquez before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on June 25, 2011 (evidence file, tome VIII, annex 3
to the pleadings and motions brief, folio 5591), and Affidavit provided by Antonia Guevara Díaz on April 1, 2012
(evidence file, tome XVII, affidavits, folio 10287).
149
Expert opinion on psychosocial impacts and recommendations for reparations in the case of “The Massacres of
El Mozote and nearby places” provided by María Sol Yáñez De La Cruz, undated (evidence file, tome XVIII, annex 2 to
the final written arguments of the representatives, folios 10526 and 10527).
150
Cf. Expert opinion provided by María Sol Yáñez De La Cruz before the Inter-American Court during the public
hearing held on April 23, 2012.
151
Cf. Witness statement made by Bernardino Guevara Chicas before the Second First Instance Court of San
Francisco Gotera on January 23, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1708);
Victim statement made by Bernardino Guevara Chicas before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on
February 25, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1734); Witness statement
made by Lucila Romero Martínez before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on January 24, 1991
(evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1712); Sworn statement made by María del
Rosario López Sánchez before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on June 19, 2011 (evidence file, tome VIII,
annex 3 to the pleadings and motions brief, folio 5523), and Affidavit provided by Juan Antonio Pereira Vigil on April 2,
2012 (evidence file, tome XVII, affidavits, folio 10290).
152
Cf. Affidavit provided by Juan Bautista Márquez Argueta on April 1, 2012 (evidence file, tome XVII, affidavits,
folio 10277); Affidavit provided by Antonia Guevara Díaz on April 1, 2012 (evidence file, tome XVII, affidavits, folio
10287); Sworn statement made by Rufina Amaya Vda. De Márquez before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on
October 10, 1990 (evidence file, tome II, annex 20 to the submission of the case, folio 1578); Witness statement made
by Hilario Sánchez Gómez before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on November 28, 1990
(evidence file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folios 1697 and 1698); Witness statement made by
Lucila Romero Martínez before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on January 24, 1991 (evidence
file, tome III, annex 23 to the submission of the case, folio 1712), and Witness statement made by Domingo Vigil Amaya
before the Second First Instance Court of San Francisco Gotera on January 30, 1991 (evidence file, tome III, annex 23
to the submission of the case, folio 1716).
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